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Fringe benefits for watch factory workers comparable to the workplaces of today
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Jul 11, 2025 |
Elginites flocked to "act" in movie produced in the 1920s
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Jul 08, 2025 |
Good ol' days often saw bloody 4th of July
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Jul 04, 2025 |
The century from Elgin's first "agency" to the new auto row
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Jul 01, 2025 |
Elgin's name goes way back in history of Scotland
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Jun 27, 2025 |
Elgin dairy firm found a better butter
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Jun 24, 2025 |
Abbott designations varied since 1932
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Jun 20, 2025 |
The blushing tale of Elgin American compacts
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Jun 17, 2025 |
Pinkerton Mysteries
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Jun 13, 2025 |
Lords Park Zoo is over 100 years old
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Jun 10, 2025 |
The big mailer transformed our city
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Jun 06, 2025 |
Sears Gallery, a highlight for art lovers
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Jun 03, 2025 |
Trout Park a "public disgrace" in 1889
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May 30, 2025 |
May Happenings, Sears mowers on sale for less than $10 in 1941
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May 27, 2025 |
Spring thaw in 1881 led to big flood
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May 23, 2025 |
Laundry served Elgin before automatic washers
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May 20, 2025 |
The crazy trials and escapes of John Henry Wells
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May 16, 2025 |
Elgin claims two "Lady Elgins" as her own
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May 13, 2025 |
In memoriam of a good Civil War deed
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May 09, 2025 |
Elgin women took matters into their own hands
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May 06, 2025 |
It took 30 years, but Elgin got its bypass
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May 02, 2025 |
Visitor mined Elgin pockets
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Apr 29, 2025 |
Elginites had no mercy for grave robbers
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Apr 25, 2025 |
Elginites gave their lives in WWII "Victory at Sea"
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Apr 22, 2025 |
Home took a dunking in 1889 move off of river's Goff Island
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Apr 18, 2025 |
Elgin Eagle beer once the brew of choice
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Apr 15, 2025 |
1878 horse car line a mass transit flop
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Apr 11, 2025 |
Fair share of passing fads caught Elgin's fancy
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Apr 08, 2025 |
Elgin airmen lost to dangers overhead
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Apr 04, 2025 |
Road shows brought first movies to Elgin
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Apr 01, 2025 |
Happenings from Marches past
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Mar 28, 2025 |
Lois Hillis had one really big fan named Abraham
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Mar 25, 2025 |
Elgin Women's Hall of Fame would be full in Elgin
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Mar 21, 2025 |
Elgin watches part of historic moments
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Mar 18, 2025 |
The day the city standpipe came crashing down
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Mar 14, 2025 |
Anchor recalls South Elginite who never returned
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Mar 11, 2025 |
Working girls get their own piece of the pie
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Mar 07, 2025 |
Alice Byrd Potter, woman driver
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Mar 04, 2025 |
Being Black in Nazi Germany, Elgin
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Feb 28, 2025 |
When Gromer's closed, a part of Elgin did too
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Feb 25, 2025 |
Just how cold was it, anyway?
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Feb 21, 2025 |
Elgin homes open door to history
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Feb 18, 2025 |
Elgin history isn't kind to Black residents
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Feb 14, 2025 |
Unusual snippets about Elgin schools
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Feb 11, 2025 |
Happenings of Februarys past
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Feb 07, 2025 |
Elgin's thriving cattle trade
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Feb 04, 2025 |
Elgin folks reached out to help Chicago fire victims
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Jan 31, 2025 |
Prominent chemist lived in Elgin
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Jan 28, 2025 |
First "settler" in Elgin was unsteady toddler
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Jan 25, 2025 |
Nuptial pact made headlines
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Jan 21, 2025 |
Elgin's "Peach" was in a league of her own
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Jan 17, 2025 |
Descendant tells of gold hoard
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Jan 14, 2025 |
Old-time barns were for storing
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Jan 14, 2025 |
Early gangs plagued Elgin
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Jan 11, 2025 |
Roll out the red carpet for the major crime awards!
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Jan 07, 2025 |
Footnotes to history had a local tie
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Jan 03, 2025 |
Hot topic in December 1885? What else, weather
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Dec 31, 2024 |
The team was the cat's meow but still nine lives short
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Dec 27, 2024 |
Happenings from Decembers past
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Dec 24, 2024 |
Christmas 1910 also had Santa and Dickens
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Dec 20, 2024 |
Christmas trees lit up Elgin's past
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Dec 17, 2024 |
Why is it called...?
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Dec 13, 2024 |
Gifts may change, but not the spirit
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Dec 10, 2024 |
Christmas 1903, when Santa did not upstage Turkey Day
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Dec 06, 2024 |
LeeWards sews up business for over 74 years
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Dec 03, 2024 |
"Underground Railway" has few connections in Elgin area
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Nov 26, 2024 |
Clintonville name caused mix-ups for railroad and town
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Nov 22, 2024 |
Piece of agricultural history still standing
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Nov 19, 2024 |
Triple slaying by 14-year old in 1913
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Nov 15, 2024 |
November happenings from years past
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Nov 12, 2024 |
The coming of the railroad
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Nov 08, 2024 |
Inventions could have made Elgin the world's "Tire Capital"
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Nov 05, 2024 |
Elgin watch ads touted durability
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Nov 01, 2024 |
A century ago, Elgin residents feared Halloween vandalism
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Oct 29, 2024 |
Spook priestess haunted Elgin widow a century ago
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Oct 25, 2024 |
October Happenings of the Past
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Oct 22, 2024 |
Cupid's courier makes love pay
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Oct 18, 2024 |
Elgin's bridge kept falling down, falling down.
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Oct 15, 2024 |
Our animal friends
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Oct 11, 2024 |
Almora's iron horse legacy
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Oct 08, 2024 |
Elgin's notorious mayor was "hot copy" for city newsmen
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Oct 04, 2024 |
Mark of the West on two local graves
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Oct 01, 2024 |
Elgin's Bells
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Sep 27, 2024 |
Taking a walk through Bluff City Cemetery
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Sep 24, 2024 |
Whatever happened to the members of Elgin's Class of '77?
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Sep 20, 2024 |
Illinois Park School has proud history
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Sep 17, 2024 |
City's history rests beneath Bluff City trees
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Sep 13, 2024 |
When roosters cackled and toilets stayed indoors
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Sep 10, 2024 |
East side houses in Elgin conceal tidbits of history
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Sep 06, 2024 |
Observatory still marks the passage of time
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Sep 03, 2024 |
Elgin had a building boom a century ago
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Aug 30, 2024 |
Elgin is a community of diverse housing
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Aug 27, 2024 |
English watchmakers left housing legacy
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Aug 23, 2024 |
Neighbors' fondness for old homes founds the GPA
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Aug 20, 2024 |
Elgin's claim to a pollution -free car dies with a mysterious man
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Aug 16, 2024 |
Life and Times of Charles F. Shaw Remembered
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Aug 13, 2024 |
Revisit the Unusual Happenings at Our Lords Park
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Aug 09, 2024 |
The Case of the Missing Elgin JFK Casket
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Aug 06, 2024 |
Cats and Dogs Treated Differently Throughout City's History
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Aug 02, 2024 |
The Last Leaf
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Jul 29, 2024 |